Bears GM Makes Bold Prediction About Forgotten Defensive Piece
GM Ryan Poles hints at a forgotten rookie's emergence, predicting a significant impact from an overlooked defensive talent ready to surprise.
The Chicago Bears had a pretty good hit rate on their 2025 draft class. Of the eight players the team drafted, half either started at the beginning of the year or started later in the season. Colston Loveland, Kyle Monangai, Luther Burden and Ozzy Trapilo carved out starting roles for themselves.
Unfortunately for the Bears, they still couldn't fix their pass rush issues. Montez Sweat had the best season of his Bears career, finishing with 10 sacks, 53 total tackles and 13 TFLs. However, if you look at the other Bears pass rushers?
Not very promising. Dayo Odeyingbo was supposed to be a complementary piece to Sweat, lining up on the opposite side of the defensive line from him. Odeyingbo only played in eight games before a season-ending Achilles injury.
Even before then, he wasn't what the team had hoped, recording one sack, 21 total tackles, and two TFLs. When Odeyingbo went down, it revealed a weakness in the Bears' pass rush. The depth just wasn't there.